| Show Homage Paid to Memory Of Lincoln By Speakers At Republican Event Here More than Republicans of at Weber county paid homage to the memory ot or Abraham braham Lincoln last night ut t the Lincoln day dinner held In the Weber club under the auspices of ot the tho Young Mens Men's fens fen's Re- Re Republican Re Republican publican club ot of Weber eber county Eloquent tribute was paid the great emancipator by J Reuben Clark Salt Lake attorney who gave gae the principal address and b by bythe bytha the Rev Hev John Edward Carver who acte 1 as toastmaster Telegrams were received and rend read from Senator Reed Smoot Congressman Don B Colton ant and Congressman E 0 O Leatherwood In which e wore were extended and regrets expressed that they were unable to be present Violin solos were wel played by Mar Mar- Marcellus cellus Smith and vocal selections were sung lung by Joseph Fernelius PICTURE OP OF LINCOLN Mr Clark dark painted a beautiful word picture of ot Lincoln the states states- statesman statesman statesman man and Lincoln tho the patriot lie Ile liea a er ed that Lincoln Will was Intensely religious and read several extracts ot of his hll speeches showing his faith In God when his country was bleed bleed- bleeding bleeding ing In civil war Mr lIr Carver Carter Introduced several prominent He Republicans publicans who were present as a standard 1 bearers ot of the party They were Senator Charles R Hollingsworth County Clerk Cllrk Lawrence A Van Dyke County Attorney Parley E Nor Nor Nor- Seth eth District Attorney Joseph E B Ians Bvans and County Assessor Bur Dur- Burdett Bur dett dett Smith Mr Carver In Introductory reo re- remarks remarks marks mentioned tho the present members ot of o the tho Lincoln family who lived for tor years In Mt Pleasant In Ia Robert nobert T Lincoln having mar mar- married married married ried tho the daughter of at Senator Har liar lan lan Ian of ot that city Two daughters ot of Robert nobert T Lincoln are living Mrs Irl Mamle Lincoln sham Isham and Mrs Jessie Lincoln Randolph To these thes two granddaughters there have havo been born three great grand children ot of Abraham Lincoln LI LINCOLN RELICS Mr r Carver spoke ot of visiting the Lincoln memorial In Washington last summer and ot of a co college liege pil- pil pilgrimage pilgrimage pilgrimage grimage to Springfield Ill as a member ot of a debating team and spending much muel time In seeing the Lincoln relics there This last summer In Washington he looked up tho the copies ot of the Gettysburg speech pc while In the C library and found three copies caples ot of It there In Lincoln's handwriting and photographic copies of ot two others otherl These had been mad made I from time to time timo by Lincoln to bo be sold soldat soldat soldat at fairs for tor wounded soldiers No 00 two ot of these copies were exactly alike aUke Mr Ir Carver told several le stories that were ascribed to Lincoln CLARK CL SPI JS In part Mr dark Clark said Lincoln brought a people from war ar to peace a race from slavery to freedom and a a nation front from fatal discord to lasting union OF OI ALL Thus Lincoln the peacemaker the emancipator the national savior stands standI as a 0 man the tho greatest of at all He dreamed as the poets he planned as the philosophers he tried as did the statesmen and politicians who went before him and as others him have re-dreamed re to- to planned re-planned planned and tried re-tried but Lin- Lin Lincoln Lin Lincoln coln coin did what hint him himor hintor himor or since Ince have done he done he b by the great force torce ot of his transcendent genius and his like Christ humilIty humility humility ity compelled with the righteous righteous-noes righteous flees nees of ot his cause and by an Iron will his dreams his plan plans I to materialize Into the actualities ot of the life ot of a nation With Lincoln's lowly birth with the tho poverty ot of his youth with his its struggle struggle for a a place In his community his state and the nation you are all familiar and yet no phase ot of his hia life lite Is more morl appealing none nono more moro compelling than that this rail sputter born of nt tho the humblest ancestry In a 11 frontier cabin unschooled except by experience and laborious self effort and minglinG and living not with those ot of o high station and great reat power but with the poor and oppressed of ot the tho earth should climb to the loftiest place within the tho gift of his country country- countrymen countrymen countrymen men life Ills life liCe had been well spent It if hll ha had hid brought to us ot of like humble origin and poverty no other lesson or hope than this for this lies at the tho base Indeed it 11 Is II tho the very ery essence of ot our free CNe government So long as we WI of ot the masses being to that end ind end gifted and endowed by an All All Wise Vise Providence may thus thul rise by due and lawful course and peaceful means we wo need not despair the Institutions of ot our country MATTERS But there are other matters to which I wish with to direct our atten- atten alten tio since they lie seem em to One me to toe be among those most vitally affect affect- affecting affecting ing our national life and because they are Illumined for tor us by the tho matchless wisdom ot of Lincoln Ot Of those matters mattere none are ot of greater portent than the tho rela rela- relation tion lons of ot labor and capital It lies Ilea at the basis basil of ot all our domestic transportation problems problem which are arl areso areso so vital to the whole country and particularly to us of this Inter Inter- IntermountaIn intermountain mountain Inter mountaIn region It underlies our fuel tuel question which in each sue sue- suc succeeding year gains greater Im- Im Importance Im Importance It tt Is a principal factor lit In the matter of taxation city taxation count state and nation It Is the main of all of ot those tholo elements which affect the price which the farmer and the so so- so cure so-cure cures for his products I It domi dominates nates the measures ot of freedom or restraint that shall control im- im immigration Im Immigration migration affecting as aa it does taxation It bears a a clear rela rela- relationship rela- rela relationship relationship to our foreign relations as they are Influenced by the debt owed o us by foreign government govern govern- government government ment and as such relations would bl be affect affected by our participation In the th military operation of ot for foreign for for- forI foreign I eign countries because war Is n I InI I expensive operation and lastly and of ot most Importance It threat threatens ens to supplant our Republican government with Ith a form torm new and untried whoso whose fundamental concepts run counter to all the th lessons and ond experiences of ot past Pt pa generations Thus no problem facing the American people toddy today has bas It its I roots thrust so 10 deeply and so 80 tar far back Into our every activity ot of life and living as ns this one grow grow- growIng growing growing ing out of the relations of ot cap cap- capItal capItal cap capital ital and labor Unless it Is right right- rightly rightly rightly ly solved no man can fathom the abyss Into which this country and the Iho world may be plunged ALL Ju LINKS LINES 0 OF OP L Lon LAnOR on When I speak of ot labor I In- In In Include as elude clude as did lid Lincoln Aall that part o ot of our economic fabric which I is not mere money I In- In Include in include clude not only union labor so 80 called and that which competes with 11 it but I Include also pal paid management office force ant and clerks I Include all those thoe who earn arn their bread b by the sweat ot of their brow comprising therein the produce producers of ot tho great groat ra raw materials necessary for forthe the main main- maintenance maintenance of ot the life life the farmers the cattlemen the All who work tor for a living taken er constitute the tho labor ot of which we speak tonight What were Lincoln's beliefs and guiding principles regarding the relationships between capital and this labor Speaking at New Haven la in 1860 In the coarse course ol ot his bis cam cam- campaign campaign campaign for tor election to the tho presidency presidency presidency dency he hI declared the fund funda- funda fundamental funda fundamental mental principles by which he be was guided In these words What Is Js the true truo condition ot of the tho laborer I taJ take lake e It that It ft ItI Itla I is best for tor all to leave each ach man manfree manfree free to acquire property as aa ta fact t tas as he can can Some will get wealthy y I dont don't believe In a a law to pr pre pre- prevent pre prevent vent a man from getting rich it would goodSo do more harm barm than good So while we wo do not propose an any war ar upon capital wo WI do wish to allow the humblest man mon an equal chance to get set rich with everybody e else e NO XO BOLSHEVISM r here litre 19 1 I no communism here I Ie no Bolshevism here Is ts a II rule rulo to which all may subscribe a 11 arule arule rule rull that epitomizes the experience experience ence enee of ot the human race In Its upward march since tince man came camo to earth Lincoln's sympathy lay as lay must the tho sympathy of ot every true with Christian with the poor and tile the lowly the trodden down-trodden and op- op oppressed op oppressed pressed To him no curse was greater greatel than human slavery thu slavery sum of ot all villainies Its existence violated his basic concept of ot right and wrong It threatened the tho life ot of the thO nation he hI loved Nor was wal this unnatural tor for reared as he had been he kew the sting of poverty the tho weariness of ot labor laborthe the hopelessness ot of abject lowll lowliness ness costIn he ho knew too well the tho cost In sweat drops ot of o a load of bread to look with indifference at him who stoll It away aay under claim of rIght Ills life shows no time when he lie did not defend with all the tho great power lie Ile possessed the rights ot of those who must work to live 00 00 |
